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4 Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol
Supplements containing red yeast rice can lower LDL (bad) cholesterol as effectively as some statins. That is not surprising, since they contain a form that occurs naturally in one of these drugs, lovastatin.
But do not choose the supplement over the drug. Red yeast rice has the same risks as statins, has no advantage over the drugs, and it is difficult to ensure that you are taking the proper dose. However, regularly add significant amounts of these foods can help lower your LDL level.
Soy protein
Take 25 grams per day of this protein, the amount in two or three servings of foods like soy milk, tofu and soy beans, can lower LDL by up to 10%.
Habits against cellulite in a correct diet
Anti-cellulite habits are essential given that although their origin is not yet established is known to be due to problems arising in the lymphatic circulation. This is the system to purge toxins reencarga, then do not fulfill their role properly and water will accumulate toxins and wastes accumulate as fat in adipose tissue.
Habits against cellulite is central especially in a correct diet, that is rich in fiber, protein, minerals and vitamins with the addition of the intake of two liters of water a day for the elimination of toxins by avoiding the incorporation of saturated fats, coffee , salty foods and soft drinks because all this increases the possibility of fluid retention and thus to suffer cellulite.
But above all things need to change habits related to physical exercise and how to dress to avoid tight clothing on legs, high heels, and cross your legs because the lymphatic system of muscle contractions need to function properly, so that having tight muscles is unable to perform these contractions, which of us should do physical exercises.
Cellulite often has nothing to do with being overweight as there are many thin women are not overweight and still have cellulite cause and their bad eating habits and exercise their absence and the absence agua.Por correct the above it is clear that a weight loss diet does not ensure the disappearance of cellulite.
Cellulite can be reduced only through a healthy, balanced diet along with two liters of water a day, lymphatic massage and exercise daily at least thirty minutes per day.The against cellulite habits must be taken by all women as that is where cellulite appears as it is a condition mostly female.
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What are natural sources of carbohydrates?
Carbohydrates require less water to digest than protein or fat, and are the most common source of energy. Thus, glucose, the simplest form of carbohydrates, is the main source of fuel for metabolism and vital muscular activity, maintaining the temperature and blood pressure and brain function.
What are natural sources of carbohydrates?
The most abundant source of carbohydrates in nature are the plants, because they store energy as carbohydrat The animals on the other hand, store energy primarily not immediate consumption in the form of lipids (fats), allowing a longer-term consumption, but creates other “inconveniences” such as obesity.
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Healthy Beer
Beer, this refreshing and tasty that accompanies us on so many occasions is also a natural source of health.
There are many topics that have been generated around this fermented beverage of Egyptian origin. It is said to cause weight gain, which increases the cholesterol level and contributes to obesity.
Recent studies show that beer is not only a source of minerals, vitamins and fiber, but also has no fat and provides no more than 40 Kcal. per 100 ml. the human body.
Besides being a delicious companion for meetings and a summer energy drink, beer is a diuretic drink, thanks to its high levels of potassium and low sodium levels. In addition, beer is one of the few beverages that contains hops, a mild sedative and an appetite stimulant bitter. Read the rest of this entry »
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How to lose weight while sleeping? (I)
You can lose up to 3 kilos!
“By reorganizing our day’s meal and dining light, we can lose during the night 2 to 3 kg per month”
Why? Because the time of day most at risk for weight gain is the night when the body turns in “energy reserve”.
“This is the period during which the agency spends fewer calories and put aside that surplus. We get up every morning with a few grams and more”
Principle 1: Lunch between 19 am and 21 pm
The best time for the evening meal is between 19 pm and 20 pm or 21 pm (last time), just to wean the body of calories for at least ten hours.
Avoid lying down within two hours after meals. “Food can not be properly digested if you sleep immediately after meals. It also helps you sleep better.” Read the rest of this entry »
Want Thin, Eat Every 4 Hours!
It turned out to have the hunger signal levels, ranging from very hungry, hungry, until a little hungry. This all benchmarks used to control excessive appetite. But if we are still difficult to distinguish hunger, do not worry, use the clock as a measure.
Health experts say, usually to an empty stomach 4 hours after the last time we ate. That means, we are permitted to eat food every 4 hours. This method is even safe to apply to the middle of our diet.
Because if we wait until the stomach completely empty, it will be more motivated to eat all the food presented in front of the eyes, said dr. Pauline Endang, MS, SpGK, head of nutrition agencies Fatmawati RSU. Not only that, when the stomach was completely empty, we become selective in choosing foods.
Research in England also proved, the number of workers who still want to chew unhealthy snacks after lunch, tend to decrease. This compared with the number of workers who are motivated snack in the afternoon. “The eating every 4 hours to maintain stable blood sugar levels. As well as preventing the desire to eat too much, “said Kate Geagan, RD, a dietician from the United States explained.
So from now on, every time hunger strike before the scheduled dinner arrives, prepare a healthy snack. Thus we can hold the hunger until dinner arrived. Select a handful of unsalted nuts and fruit platter.
Two types of food, fiber and water so that the stomach remains satisfied with the amount of calories that are not much. But remember, do not keep snack made of cheese or dried fruit on the desk drawer or in the bag. Make sure the snacks that we keep in the desk drawer is a kind of solid food
As flatten and strengthen the core abdominal
Here are some tips to reduce 4 kilos and lower waist, fat burning:
If you are doing abdominal exercises with the hope of getting a strong core and a flat stomach, they are not alone, Abs exercises, Are among the most popular exercises for both beginners and elite athletes.
However, to get a flat stomach and defined abdominal takes something else to do crunches, since it is also necessary to reduce the layer of fat covering your Abs well defined.
Abdominal Exercise.
To develop specific abdominal exercises are all working the abdominal muscles, but there are many exercises you can do at home is working with “Ball”, this being one of the most effective at work the Abs.
The use of the ball for crunches required to stabilize your torso while balancing on the ball and therefore it ends up working more muscles than when performing standard crunches.
Nutrition
To reduce body fat and gain muscle requires adequate nutrition obviously, which will require a balanced diet of carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
Eat several small meals throughout the day, helps many people stay more satisfied and reduces hunger.
Other tips for avoiding fat gain include: getting calcium, eating breakfast and eating foods high in fiber.
Make sure you stay well hydrated by drinking water throughout the day and make sure not to cut calories too drastically or could inadvertently lower your metabolism. Continue.
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Choosing a Diet Food
We must know that each food has a certain dose of calories. But we are still stuck with a dose of visual, that food portions or small volume certainly has fewer calories. Perception is not always true because the mini-sized foods such as sweets or canned food actually has a very high calorie. Because not only the volume of packaging that becomes a benchmark we want to look for food when a small but gives a sense of full longer. Mayo Clinic says there are at least two factors that also must be our attention every time you want to measure the calories in food, namely:
The water content: Many fruits and vegetables high water content. This is why both these foods have a large volume. Wine for example, 90 percent is water and only 38 calories calories. Or a bowl of carrot menggandung 88 percent water with 52 calories.
Fiber: Foods high in fiber – such as vegetables, fruits, and whole grains – not only makes the volume more dense but also more time to digest. This means that will make us full longer. From now on not only BASED on the portion but also the existing content in the diet. For water and fiber are two things that help digestion or metabolism in the body. So start making sure that our diet foods contain both
6 simple tips to lose weight
The control or weight loss is always an adventure, as well as technical formulas can be found by thousands and when performing an exercise routine that is more important to keep a meal plan appropriate to the needs of our attrition, but some advice or simple rules that must always be taken into account, such as:
1. Increase fiber intake.
The need for fiber is essential for good digestive, plus foods that contain mostly are natural and bring a share of nutrients essential for health, as are the vitamins and minerals, as the highest content Fiber is found in fruits and vegetables.
2. Eat Vegetables:
Vegetables are one of the best choices when it comes to losing weight and variety on the other hand prevents boredom as to the possibility of preparing various dishes, salads being the major allies of a good diet.
3. Controlling Carbohydrates:
Carbohydrate is essential for energy, but its excess leads to weight gain, calories are very high in carbohydrate-rich foods, so learn to differentiate and monitor their consumption is essential in any diet (sweets, pastries, candy, etc.).
4. Set times:
Our metabolism requires intakes dosed as several studies have found, for their proper functioning and with it the proper burning of calories, and manage and meet schedules
5. Respect hunger:
What is meant by this is that we should heed only the true feelings of appetite and not eat something just for the colorful attraction of any food, that leads us to its consumption.
6. Refrain from the snacks (snacks extra)
Eating between meals alters the rate schedule and takes the overall imbalance in a diet, when the goal is both to maintain and lose weight, thus avoiding missteps is more than important in meeting the goals.
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Increased fiber intake against abdominal fat
Eat more fiber can have a major impact in reducing the waist of the young United States, new research shows.
Adolescents who increased their consumption of fiber in their diets over a period of two years had a significant decrease in the amount of fat around their waists, while young people who reduced their consumption to increase, said Dr. Jaimie N. Davis, of the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California in Los Angeles and colleagues.
Davis and his team were investigating the belly fat, which is the most dangerous type of body fat, since the higher accumulation of it in the waist, the greater the risk the possibility of diabetes and heart disease.
The investigators evaluated 85 overweight children and girls 11 to 17, who had to fill out a questionnaire about their eating habits and then report on their diet two years later, at this stage of life, the diets of some young people tend worse, Davis said.
The fiber intake was reduced by 3 grams per 1,000 calories consumed on average 46 of the study participants, while it increased by the same average amount in 35 others.
Abdominal fat increased by 21 percent of study participants were eating less fiber, but young people who increased their fiber intake had a 4 percent reduction in belly fat.
Fiber intake is recommended for young people, is 14 grams per 1,000 calories consumed, or about 25 to 30 grams per day.
The study findings appear in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
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